diff --git a/crates/gpui/src/elements/label.rs b/crates/gpui/src/elements/label.rs
index e13dea3725..7aa46f1199 100644
--- a/crates/gpui/src/elements/label.rs
+++ b/crates/gpui/src/elements/label.rs
@@ -146,8 +146,7 @@ impl Element for Label {
                 .ceil()
                 .max(constraint.min.x())
                 .min(constraint.max.x()),
-            cx.font_cache
-                .line_height(self.style.text.font_id, self.style.text.font_size),
+            cx.font_cache.line_height(self.style.text.font_size),
         );
 
         (size, line)
diff --git a/crates/gpui/src/elements/text.rs b/crates/gpui/src/elements/text.rs
index 1c5fa7046a..5caa60c0d7 100644
--- a/crates/gpui/src/elements/text.rs
+++ b/crates/gpui/src/elements/text.rs
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ impl Element for Text {
             max_line_width = max_line_width.max(shaped_line.width());
         }
 
-        let line_height = cx.font_cache.line_height(font_id, self.style.font_size);
+        let line_height = cx.font_cache.line_height(self.style.font_size);
         let size = vec2f(
             max_line_width
                 .ceil()
diff --git a/crates/gpui/src/font_cache.rs b/crates/gpui/src/font_cache.rs
index 8a6ae62ff9..52acb2bcf3 100644
--- a/crates/gpui/src/font_cache.rs
+++ b/crates/gpui/src/font_cache.rs
@@ -168,9 +168,8 @@ impl FontCache {
         advance.x() * self.em_scale(font_id, font_size)
     }
 
-    pub fn line_height(&self, font_id: FontId, font_size: f32) -> f32 {
-        let height = self.metric(font_id, |m| m.bounding_box.height());
-        (height * self.em_scale(font_id, font_size)).ceil()
+    pub fn line_height(&self, font_size: f32) -> f32 {
+        (font_size * 1.618).round()
     }
 
     pub fn cap_height(&self, font_id: FontId, font_size: f32) -> f32 {
@@ -194,7 +193,7 @@ impl FontCache {
     }
 
     pub fn baseline_offset(&self, font_id: FontId, font_size: f32) -> f32 {
-        let line_height = self.line_height(font_id, font_size);
+        let line_height = self.line_height(font_size);
         let ascent = self.ascent(font_id, font_size);
         let descent = self.descent(font_id, font_size);
         let padding_top = (line_height - ascent - descent) / 2.;
diff --git a/crates/gpui/src/fonts.rs b/crates/gpui/src/fonts.rs
index b0cea3d75b..6308f68289 100644
--- a/crates/gpui/src/fonts.rs
+++ b/crates/gpui/src/fonts.rs
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ impl TextStyle {
     }
 
     pub fn line_height(&self, font_cache: &FontCache) -> f32 {
-        font_cache.line_height(self.font_id, self.font_size)
+        font_cache.line_height(self.font_size)
     }
 
     pub fn cap_height(&self, font_cache: &FontCache) -> f32 {